Railway-lantern attachment



No. 6l3,49l. Patented Nov. I, 18.98.

A. H. BUBCHARD.

RAILWAY LANTERN ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed July 8, 1898.)

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ALONZO H. BURCHARD, or COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,491, dated November 1, 1898. Application filed Ju y 9, 1898- Serial No. 685,467. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALONZO H. BURoHARD, a citizen of the United States,residin g at 0010* rado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements. in Railway-Lantern Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a lantern provided with myimprovements, the shade being shown folded or contracted. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the shade being expanded. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the shade detached.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the base of the lantern, provided with a lamp 2, to which base is secured a frame consisting of the vertical bars 3, connected together by wires 4:.

The numeral 5 designates the top of the lantern, hinged to the upper wire 4, so as to be capable of being swung upward when desired, and is provided with a catch to hold it in place when closed.

The numeral 6 designates the chimney.

The parts so far described may be of any ordinary or suitable construction and form no part of the present invention.

The numeral 7 designates the shade, consisting of a coiled spring 8 of a diameter somewhat larger than the chimney of the lantern, so that when expanded it will surround the latter without coming in contact therewith. The spring is provided with a cylindrical cover 9, of any suitable woven or textile material of any desired color, and its upper and lower ends are secured to the top and bottom coils, respectively, of the spring. Pivoted to said bottom coil are catches 10, which when the shade is folded or contracted engage with the flange 13 of the lantern-top and hold it in place. of a single piece of metal, the end coils being circular, while the intermediate coils are in the form of spirals and are at an angle to the end coils, the latter occupying horizontal positions.

In practice, if the lantern is to be used by the trainmen of a railroad-train, the color of the shade should be red, while for others the The said spring is made shades can be green or blue, according to the work they are called upon to perform.

When not in use, the shade is contracted and held under the top of the lantern by the catches, so that when the top is swung outward on its pivot for removing the chimney or for other purposes the shade will be carried with it and thus be held out of the way. To enable the shade and spring to fit snugly in the said top when thus contracted, they are made tapering or contracted at the upper end, as shown more clearly'in Fig. 3. To use the shade, the catches are disengaged, so that I the spring and cover will expand so as to surround the chimney and display a light corresponding with the color of the shade.

All the trainmen should have their lanterns supplied with a red shade, so that they would always have means at hand for displaying a danger-signal without necessitating theexpense of an extra lantern. It is also the purpose to have the trainmen supplied with a number of these shades of different colors, which when not in use are contracted, and the catches secured to the lower coil of the spring are engaged with the upper coil, so as to hold the spring in its contracted position,

so that it will take up but little room.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is-- In a lantern, the combination with the frame and the pivoted top, of the coiled spring made from a single piece of metal, the intermediate coils of which are in the form of spirals while the end coils are circular in form and at ah angle to the said intermediate coils so as to occupy ahorizontal position, the springcatches pivoted to the lower coil of the spring, and adapted to engage with the lantern-top, and the shade of textile or woven material surrounding said spring and having its edges ALONZO H. BURCHARD.

- Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. RIGGS, RIcHD. HARTLEY. 

